Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>HIV-1 derives from multiple independent transfers of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains from chimpanzees to human populations. We hypothesized that human populations in west central Africa may have been exposed to SIV prior...

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Main Authors: Zhao Kai, Ishida Yasuko, Oleksyk Taras K, Winkler Cheryl A, Roca Alfred L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/237